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Harel Erlanger

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ERLA02

Harel Erlanger has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.87, set at Cubing for Yuval 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Israel. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2022, he has put 392 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.03 in August 2022 to 6.87, a 57% improvement. Harel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.87
signature single · Cubing for Yuval 2023
392
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×36.878.78
top 1.2%42 / 2,022
2×21.262.73
top 1.2%20 / 1,401
3×3 one-handed17.5823.27
top 14.0%100 / 658
Square-118.9729.65
top 25.6%76 / 248
Pyraminx9.2812.71
top 47.2%522 / 957
4×41:19.861:28.28
top 55.8%372 / 659
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 2 solves106 / 115

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Israel Championship 2022: 16.03Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 12.07NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022: 9.87Puriminx A 2023: 9.88Kubiat HaNegev B 2023: 7.68Israel Championship 2023: 9.23Cubing for Yuval 2023: 6.87Weekend Cubing A Israel 2024: 7.79Israel Championship 2024: 7.27Cubing for Yuval 2024: 7.13Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 7.48Mike's Cubes Israel 2026: 8.136.8716.0316 Aug 20225 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Yoav Vishne — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Netanel Pour — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Ben Baron — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.